Word: howl
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...jaws must be pried open. Saliva drools from its jaws, but does not always "froth," as has long been the gossip of ignorant urchins and constables. The suffering dog tries to bark. But its jaws are set and the only sound it can make is a low-pitched howl followed by an irregular series of hoarse barks. It is the weirdest, most pleading whine of all dogdom. And when men hear it, they chase the dog with sticks and stones-mad dog! Once hydrophobia definitely develops, it is impossible to cure it, whether in dog, rabbit...
...Johnsons rave, the Borahs howl...
...imitate and even improve upon the songs of birds; to imitate insect calls. His phonograph records, including a choral effect obtained by playing many records into one, are well known and remarkable. Sympathetic vibration has been another of his studies-finding the note that will make a dog howl, a small object tremble. He has propounded the theory that sympathetic vibration is the key to the mystery of how news travels with great rapidity over long distances among primitive tribes...
...bills, arranges speaking programs, allots expenses on a pro-rata basis. Aspirants speak seriatim the same night in the same place, a method obviously conducive to personalities and retorts discourteous. In this "joint debate" system the old-style ranters of the Dial-Blease ilk rave, rage, fume, spume, howl- over imaginary issues. Under these conditions Washington really expects long-haired sombreroed political buffoons-and that is just what Washington sometimes gets, although Senator Smith is a happy exception...
Years pass when no man can conquer and bestride "The Old Hag of the Alps"-the Matterhorn. Humpbacked, she towers, and her hump is a jagged ridge from which many have slithered down to death. About her hungry lightning tongues lick often, winds howl, and evil legends cluster grim and hoar. Sometimes, when a climbing-hatchet slips and sickening pebbles roll, it seems that the Hag chuckles...